Each choice steers the game toward one of three endings - the two extremes are bad and the middle ground is good. Every choice has three options, two that obviously pull in extreme directions and one middle ground. The dialog choices do affect the story, but in a simple and unsubtle way. (Spoiler warning for the rest of this paragraph.) While individually interesting, the personality tests don’t interact with each other, get a final summation, or affect the story in any way.

However, the structure that eventually reveals itself is disappointing.

You can then also spend ego to access dialog scenes with a character named Es - these provide further bonuses to your ego collection and have either a personality test for you or a dialog choice to advance Es’s story. You collect a resource called “ego” by tapping thought balloons as they scroll by you can then spend ego to purchase ego-generating books and “read” them a page at a time - note that you don’t actually get to read the book this just causes it to generate slightly more ego. The idle/clicker mechanics are fairly standard. Its theming and atmosphere are compelling and I can see the personality tests being interesting to many players, but the story doesn’t really go anywhere and the clicker gameplay just slows things.

| 0 Comments Capsule Review: ALTER EGO: Self-Discovery Clicker GameĪn evocative and moody atmosphere and some interesting personality tests, wrapped in a half-hearted story and not really enhanced by the idle/clicker gameplay.Īn idle/clicker game with visual novel elements and a handful of personality tests. ALTER EGO: Self-Discovery Clicker Game - Pixel Poppers Review

Alter ego game review